KUCHING: After Hazriq Cik Mat Kilau failed to win the 110m hurdles, his sister Nur Syaqirah decided it was her responsibility to get gold for the family. Even though she was recovering from a hamstring injury, she ignored it to power to victory in the Malaysia Games (Sukma) 400m hurdles, clocking 63.36s at the Sarawak Stadium...
Fights are always highly dramatic events, especially if they happen in a public space. As such, it is highly likely that any video of these events would go viral if shared online. Recently, a video of a person being beaten by several individuals - some of them using plastic chairs - went viral online, along with...
KUALA LUMPUR: As the Asean chair next year, Malaysia will lead the regional grouping in engaging more proactively with the US and China to reduce their growing tensions. "As long as we (Asean) take this centrality role to continue to engage with both, I think it should be alright to contain (the tensions),” said Malaysia’s Prime...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court here was told on Thursday (Aug 22) that RM49,000 was deposited into the private bank account of former Bersatu information chief Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan two years ago. Maybank Bukit Damansara branch assistant manager Fazilah Omar, 49, confirmed that the amount was deposited into Wan Saiful's Maybank Islamic account via...
PETALING JAYA: Aug 31 is the final day for Employees Provident Fund (EPF) members to apply for a one-time transfer of funds from Account 2 (Akaun Sejahtera) to Account 3 (Akaun Fleksibel). Many members have already taken advantage of this option to enhance their cash flow, while others are planning to do so before the deadline. ALSO...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian fugitive businessman and MBI Group founder Tedy Teow has been extradited from Thailand to China. According to Sin Chew Daily, Thai newspaper Thairath reported that Teow, escorted by Thai and Chinese officers, was taken from a Bangkok prison on Tuesday (Aug 20) to board the 7.35pm (Thailand time) flight CA960 to Beijing. However, the flight designation was...
KUALA LUMPUR: The idea to federalise the Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA) in order to salvage it from its internal strife did not come from Datuk Seri Najib Razak, the High Court was told on Thursday (Aug 22). Instead, it was the then TIA CEO Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi who was "very eager" about the federalisation...
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara’s international reserves totalled US$115.9bil as of Aug 15, up 1.05% from US$114.7bil as of July 31. “The reserves position is sufficient to finance 5.4 months of imports of goods and services, and is 1.0 times of the total short-term external debt,” the central bank said in a statement. The main components of the...
KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on Thursday (Aug 22) said that the government’s recent announcement on civil servant salary increase should not be greeted with unnecessary and unreasonable price hikes. While making adjustments to the civil servant salary, he said the government also wished to control inflation. "Of course, in such...
KERALA, (India): Air India flight 657 landed at Thiruvananthapuram Airport on Thursday (Aug 22) after a bomb threat was received. A full emergency has been declared, said Thiruvananthapuram Airport officials. The flight has been kept in the isolation bay. Passengers are to be evacuated soon, said Thiruvananthapuram Airport officials. According to a statement from the Thiruvananthapuram International...
